Helena Nolan was born in Kilkenny, Ireland and joined Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs in 1990, after an initial 7 years in the Department of Education.

Over the course of her career, Helena has held a wide number of roles at home and overseas, most recently serving as Ireland’s Ambassador to Belgium and the Partnership for Peace Liaison Office (2017-2021). Prior to her appointment to this role, Helena served as Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in the Department’s headquarters in Dublin and was a regular visitor to the UN here in New York. She has also served in London, Armagh, Kuala Lumpur and Dar Es Salaam, as well as working in the Departments of Education and Enterprise and the Office of Science and Technology.

She took up duty as Consul General of Ireland in New York on 26 August 2021. Helena and her husband Sami have two sons.

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